James Morrison Bio

James Morrison (born 13 August 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rugby, Warwickshire in the UK. He now lives near Brighton.

In 2006, he debuted with the single "You Give Me Something" which became a huge hit around Europe, Australia, and Japan, charting at #5 in the UK and #1 in New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, went to #1 in the UK.

James Morrison Catchpole dropped the Catchpole name for his music career. At age 13, Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived in the village of Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall. After several years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to compose his own. He attributes his distinctive voice to a severe bout of whooping cough that nearly killed him when he was a baby

On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled Songs for You, Truths for Me was released, preceded by the single, "You Make It Real", a week earlier.

In the writing process for this album he worked with Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammar and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtado entitled "Broken Strings" co-written with Fraser T. Smith and Nina Woodford. From October 2008 until the end of the year Morrison will be touring in Europe.